Method and apparatus for making a laminate with unbonded edge



y 4, 1967 M. DENENBERG 3,329,547

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING A LAMINATE WITH UNBONDED EDGE FiledApril 15, 1963 4 Shets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR. mam/c5 DENENBERG QQZVQ/Cw July4, 1967 M. DENENBERG METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING A LAMINATE WITHUNBONDED EDGE 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed April 15, 1963 m T N E V m MAURICEDE/VENEE/PG wyw ATTORNEY July 4, 1967 M. DENENBERG METHOD AND APPARATUSFOR MAKING A LAMINATE WITH UNBONDED E DGE 4 Sheets-Sheet 5 Filed April15, 1963 bwt y 4, 1967 M. DENENBERG 3,329,547

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING A LAMINATE WITH UNBONDED EDGE 4Sheets-Sheet 4 Filed April 15, 1963 I N VEN TOR.

MAUR/ C E OENE/VBERG' AZTOR/YEV United States Patent 3,329,547 METHODAND APPARATUS FOR MAKING A LAMINATE WITH UNBONDED EDGE MauriceDenenberg, th and Washington Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 19146 Filed Apr.15, 1963, Ser. No. 273,806 17 Claims. (Cl. 156247) This inventionrelates to a new and useful laminate and to a method of and apparatusfor producing such laminate for industrial purposes. More particularly,this invention relates to such new and useful laminate and itsproduction wherein metal foil or plastic film is laminated to a paper orother backing material.

This invention is a continuation-in-part of my copending applicationsS.N. 178,403 filed Mar. 8, 1962 now abandoned, and S.N. 188,681, filedApr. 19, 1962 now abandoned, each entitled Laminate Machine and myco-pending application S.N. 171,009, filed Feb. 5, 1962, entitledContainer Tubing now forfeited.

In the use of laminated strips and sheets for production of articles ofmanufacture, it is often desirable to overlap adjacent such strips orsheets to provide an article having a greater dimension in at least onedirection than the dimension of the strip or sheet. Where the article isto be used in contact with a substance tending to affect or be affectedby a subsurface layer of the laminate, it is necessary that thecontacting surface layer of the laminate be resistant to action by suchsubstance and it is further necessary or highly desirable to inhibitcontact at the overlaps of subsurface layers with substances normallytending to affect such layers; this is particularly true where theoverlap of laminate material includes an edge of the subsurface layer.

Particularly, in the production of containers from such laminatematerial joined at overlapping edges, the surface material to be exposedto a contained liquid may be such a material as a metal foil ornonreactive plastic film and the layer immediately below the surfacelayer may be of such fibrous composition as paper. Undesirableabsorption of the contained liquid into the paper subsurface atoverlapping edges should be avoided. For example, where spiral woundtubing is used as a container, e.g., cut to desired length and providedwith a top and bottom, and where the innermost layer of the spiraltubing is a metal foil-paper laminate with the metal foil surfacedisposed inwardly, absorption or other action on the paper can be aproblem, especially where the container is intended to be utilized as anoil can, beer can, or the like. In such cases, it has been proposed tofold an edge of laminate stripping material from which the spiralcontainer is wound, back upon itself with paper surface facing papersurface to provide an end aluminum foil surface, the folded underaluminum foil overlapping the next subsequent winding to provide anabsorption resistant edge. However, such structure normally includesthree thicknesses of the laminate material as each joint per thicknessof adjacent material resulting in bulged seams, which may be perceptiblefrom the exterior of the container even with additional windings ofpaper or other material thereover, especially when the inner diameter ofthe tubing is maintained relatively constant along the length thereofand where a thin wall light weight container is produced.

It is the general object of this invention to provide a new and usefullaminate and new and useful production of such laminate, which laminateis particularly useful Where overlapping seams are desired.

The laminate which may be formed in accordance with the presentinventionis a laminate of the desired surface material, e.g., metal foilor plastic film, on a backing sheet, e.g., a strip of plastic film orpaper, wherein at least one edge of the surface sheet extends beyond thebacking sheet. Metal foil-paper laminate and the like may be normallymade by adhesive coating one of the layers to be laminated, e.g., metalfoil or paper, and rolling or otherwise pressing the two layers togetherto form a bonded laminate structure. Laminates produced in accordanceherewith, may be made by omitting the adhesive bonding along one edge ofthe laminate during production so as to form a space along the edge andthereafter, if desired, removing the backing paper along the edge whichis not laminated to the surface sheet.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a new and usefulmethod and apparatus for producing a laminate having a surface layerextending at at least one edge beyond the edge of the backing sheet.

Another object is to provide a better and more simple method ofproducing a laminate wherein the tolerances are more flexible, and toprovide a better laminate producing machine.

Another object of this invention is to provide a better means forproducing from wide sheets of backing material and wide sheets ofsurface material, e.g., metal foil or plastic film, strips of surfacematerial-backing material laminate wherein one edge thereof isunlaminated.

In the production of a form of laminate structure, a single sheet oflaminate with longitudinally extending gaps therein may be provided,which gaps are spaced equidistant across the width of the laminate. Thespacing is preferably equal to the desired width of laminate desired tobe produced for later use in forming a desired finished article ofmanufacture such as container tubing. The sheet of laminate is then cutalong the line where the adhesive between the surface sheet and backingsheet ends and the longitudinally extending opening in the laminatestructure begins. However, more advantageously, the Width of theunlaminated gaps in the laminated sheet may be twice the width of thelaminated portion of the desired strip of material, e.g., for use inmaking spiral wound containers or the like, so that a less exacting cutthrough approximately the center of each gap and along the length of thestrip may be made. The metal foil or plastic surface materialoverlapping at the strip may be utilized to produce a water-tight sealorthe like in the manufacture of container tubing.

In another advantageous aspect of this invention, laminate stripmaterial may be produced having the backing material more readilyremovable along at least one edge thereof.

Other objects and advantages of this invention will be apparent from thefollowing description and from the drawings in which:

FIGURE 1 is a cross sectional view of a sheet of laminate made inaccordance with the present invention;

FIGURE 2 is a side elevational view of a form of apparatus adapted tomake the laminate of FIGURE 1;

FIGURE 3 is a perspective view of the row 32 shown in FIGURE 2;

FIGURE 4 is a perspective view of apparatus adapted to use the laminateof FIGURE 1 to produce strips of industrial laminate in accordance withthe present invention;

FIGURE 5 is a cross sectional view of a strip of laminate produced froma sheet such as illustrated in FIG- URE 1;

FIGURE 6 is a side elevational view of another form of apparatus adaptedto make a laminate such as illustrated in FIGURE 1;

FIGURE 7 is a perspective view of the perforator roll shown in FIGURE 6;and

FIGURE 8 is a perspective view of an apparatus adapted to use laminatesuch as illustrated in FIGURE 1 9 a to produce strips of industriallaminate in accordance with a form of the present invention.

While this invention is susceptible of embodiment in many differentforms, there is shown in the drawings and will herein be described indetail an embodiment and modification thereof with the understandingthat the present disclosure is to be considered as an exemplification ofthe principles of the invention and is not intended to limit theinvention to the embodiment or modifications illustrated or described indetail.

Referring to the drawings in detail, like numerals indicate likeelements.

In FIGURE 1 there is shown a cross section of a sheet 10 of laminatecapable of being made by the apparatus of the present invention. Thesheet of laminate 10 consists of a layer 14 of metal foil, a layer 18 ofpaper, a layer 16 of adhesive bonding the layers of metal foil and papertogether and an optional layer 12 of wax coated on the metal foil layer14. At spaced intervals across the width of the laminate 10 there areplaced longitudinally extending openings 20 in the adhesive layer 16.Distances across the width of the laminate 10 have been shown by lettersa-m. The distance a-c denotes the width of a strip of laminate desiredfor industrial use as discussed previously. Such a strip of laminatewould have one edge unlaminated due to the opening 20 along one sidethereof. In one form, the portions or strips of paper 18 bridgingopenings 20 may be removed so that only the metal foil 14 and its layerof wax 12 appear on the final product where openings 20 are shown.

The distance ab equals the distances d-e, e-f, h-i, i and l-m. Thedistance b-d equals the distances fh and i-l. The center lines 2, g, andk bisect their respective distances b-d, f-h and j-l.

It can be seen that if the laminate 10 were cut longitudinally alonglines 0, e, g, i, and k there would be produced strips of laminate, eachof the same width and length, and each having one side thereofunlaminated. It should also be noted that the cuts along lines 0, e, g,i, k, appear at points where great tolerances are permitted in cutting.Thus, it is not necessary to cut at a point such as b where the adhesiveends and the longitudinal opening 20 begins.

In order to produce a laminate such as shown in FIG- URE 1, specialapparatus such as is shown and described with reference to FIGURES 2, 3,and 4 was used. Hence, in FIGURE 2 a roll of metal foil 22 and a roll ofpaper 24 are placed on unwinding reels having brakes (not shown) tomaintain tension on the web. The roll of metal foil 14 is shown withoutthe wax coating 12 described previously. This coating is optional andcould be coated on the metal foil prior to placement on the unwind reel22. The metal foil 14 is maintained under tension by the brake on theunwind reel 22 and passes over a grooved adhesive roll 32 which will bedescribed with reference to FIGURE 3.

The adhesive roller 32 applies a liquid adhesive coating to the underside of the metal foil 14. This coating is received from a secondadhesive roller 30, driven by a motor not shown and located in a vat 26of liquid adhesive 28.

The adhesive coated metal foil passes over an adhesive doctor which isadapted to maintain the thickness of the adhesive coating 16 constant.

The paper 18 is unwound from the roll 24 at a constant tension and atthe same speed as the metal foil 14. The paper 18 passes over. an idlerroll 40 to a main pressure roller 36. The paper 18 and the adhesivecoated metal foil 14 pass between the pressure roller 36 and itsassociated idler roller 38 to bond the layers into the laminate shown inFIGURE 1. It should be noted at this point, that the adhesive coatingcould as easily have been placed on the paper layer as on the metal foilwithin the scope of the invention. The newly formed laminate 10 is thenwound up on a windup reel 42 driven by a motor (not 4 shown) for laterutilization in the apparatus shown in FIGURE 4.

The roller 32 is shown in FIGURE 3. The roller 32 consists ofcylindrical surfaces 44 at either end of the roller 32 of equal length.The roll 44 is of a length equal to the distance ab or l-m discussedwith reference to FIGURE 1. Two additional cylindrical surfaces 48havthe same radii as the cylindrical surfaces 44 are placed in axialalignment with the cylindrical surfaces 44. The cylindrical surfaces 48have a length d-f which is exactly twice the length a-d of thecylindrical surfaces 44. Grooves 46 separate each pair of cylindricalsurfaces 44 and 48. These grooves 46 extend axially a length bd, fh, orjl as more clearly shown in FIGURE 1.

The roller 32 receives liquid adhesive from the roller 30 only on thesurfaces 44 and 48 which come in contact with the surface of the roller30. The grooves 46 do not receive adhesive from the roller 30 andtherefore do not apply adhesive to the metal layer 14. This creates thelongitudinal openings 20 in the laminate 10* shown in FIGURE 1.

The reel 42 containing the rolled up laminate 10 is now placed on astand 50 shown in FIGURE 4. The apparatus herein shown is adapted to cutthe laminate 10 into strips of laminate having one side unlaminated, forlater industrial usage. The reel 42 is unwound under tension over tableroller 52 and its associated backup roll 60. The laminate 10 is keptunder tension by a brake (not shown) on the unwind reel 42. It is to beunderstood that the laminate 10 could be made to pass directly from thepressure roll 36 and idler roll 38 to the table drive rollers 52 withoutthe necessity of having a separate windup roll 42.

The laminate 10 passes over the table roll 52 through spaced knife rolls56. The spaced knife rolls 56 are driven by a motor 58 at the speed ofthe laminate 10. Underneath the laminate 10 is a backup roll 54 withspaced grooves (not shown) along the periphery thereof in alignment withthe seven knives 56. The knife rolls cut slits in the laminate 10 atpoints a, c, e, g, i, k and m corresponding to the points on thelaminate discussed with reference to FIGURE 1. The knives at points aand m are simply for the purpose of maintaining the width of thelaminate constant and are not essential to the present invention. Thesheet 10 passes from the knife rolls 56 in strips corresponding to thedistances a-c, c-e, e-g, gi, z'k, and k-m, discussed with reference toFIGURE 1. These strips are kept in alignment by the backup rolls 60associated with the table drive rolls 52.

It should be noted at this point that the strips of laminate a-c, e-gand ik, have their unlaminated edge to the right as shown in FIGURE 1and the strips c-e, g-i, and km, have their unlaminated edges along theleft side as shown in FIGURE 1. In order to produce uniform rolls oflaminate strip for later industrial usage, it is necessary that thestrip when unrolled come off its spool in the same manner, no matter howmanufactured. If the strips of laminate were rolled up in the samedirection from the backup roll 60 and table roll 52, those strips havingtheir left edge unlaminated would unroll oppositely from the striphaving its right edge unlaminated. In order to compensate for this, amodified duplex rewind system 62 was employed.

This system consists of upper rewind rolls 64 and 66 I drivencounterclockwise by motor 74 through transmission 72, and roller rewindrolls 68 and 7t) driven clockwise by motor 78 through transmission 76.

Those strips of laminate having their right edge unlaminated pass to thelower windup rolls 68 and 70 and the strips of laminate having theirleft edge unlaminated pass to the upper rolls 64 and 66. In this manner,the strips of laminate removed from the upper windup roll 64 and thelower windup roll 70 will be substantially the same. They will have thesame width, cross section, and

will unwind from their respective spools in the same manner with theirunlaminated edges on the same side.

Turning to FIGURE 5, a laminate material in accordance herewith isillustrated in the form of a channel strip including the optional waxlayer 12 on a layer of surface material such as aluminum foil 14laminated to the backing layer such as paper layer 18 by suitable adhesive 16. The configuration of strip 11 provides a flap of surfacematerial 14 at one edge as indicated by reference number 19 extendingbeyond the backing material 18. This may be formed from the stripsproduced above merely by tearing or cutting backing 18 along the inneredge of the nonadhering portion. In spiral winding of such a strip, thelateral extension 19 is used to overlap the edge of the adjacentsubsequent winding during normal spiral winding procedures to provide arelatively uniform surface and joint. The outer surface of flap 19 withrespect to the spiral configuration receives the inner surface of thenext winding providing, for practical purposes, surface material againstsurface material; suitable adhesive will normally be present betweenjoined surfaces at the overlap.

Although layer 14 has been described as aluminum foil, any desiredsurface or tube lining material may be usable. Particularly advantageousare metal foil and plastic film, e.g., polyethylene, polypropylene,nylon, etc. Such materials will be apparent to those in the art.

Suitable adhesives for bonding metal foil or plastic film sheets topaper and other backing sheets are known to those in the art. An exampleof a suitable adhesive for bonding aluminum foil to paper is BordenNT-565, a casein neoprene latex adhesive. An example of adhesive forplastic film (e.g., polyethylene or polypropylene) to paper bonding isethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer adhesive with small amounts of parafiinWax, usually applied as about 20% in toluene or other solvent. Suchusable metal foils, plastic films and adhesives, as well as suitablebacking materials are readily available to those in the art.

In FIGURE 5, the dotted lines show the position of the backing material18 where it is desired to merely fold the backing material away fromflap 19 in lieu of cutting the backing material along the line of extentof adhesive 16 as described above. This form of the channel is also veryuseful and gives the desired joint omitting backing material 18 frombetween overlapping layers of surface material 14.

Considering a modification of the apparatus and method discussed above,returning now to FIGURE 1, it should be noted that if the paper layer 18was cut along lines 12, d, f, h, j, and l, the spaces b-d, f-h, and j-lwould include only the metal foil layers 14 and the optional wax layer12.

Reference is now made especially to FIGURES 6 and 7 and to FIGURE 3. Theoperation of similar parts of FIGURE 6 is the same as described withreference to FIGURE 2 above.

As the paper 18 is unwound from the roll 24 at a constant tension and atthe same speed as the metal foil 14, the paper 18 passes throughperforating rolls 80 from whence it goes to an idler roller 40 to a mainpressure roller 36. The paper 18 and the adhesive coated metal foil 14pass between the pressure roller 36 and its associated idler roller 38to bond the laminate of FIGURE 1.

The perforating rollers 80 are shown best in FIGURE 7. The perforatingrollers 80 consist of an upper toothed roller 82 and a lower backingroller 84. The upper toothed roller 82 has teeth 86 radially locatedabout the circumference of the roller 82. The teeth 86 are spaced atintervals along the cylindrical surface of the roller 82. The teeth 86are placed at points corresponding to locations b, d, f, h, j, and l ofFIGURE 1. That is, they are adapted to make perforations through thepaper 18, which will provide three strips b-d, f-h, and 'l in width andspacing across the width of the paper 18. The perforated 6 laminate 10is wound up on reel 42 for utilization in the apparatus shown in FIGURE8.

Turning to FIGURE 8, the apparatus includes elements similar to likenumbered elements described above with reference to FIGURE 4. In use,reel 42 is placed on stand 50 and unwound under tension through rollers52 and 60 and cut by spaced knife rolls 56.

Before the strips of laminate are applied to the duplex rewind system62, the perforated unlaminated paper strips designated as 94 are removedfrom the sheet. This is done by tearing the sheet along the lines b, d,f, h, j, and I. This tearing produces six strips b-c, cd, fg, g-h, jk,and k-l. These strips 94 are fed to a paper strip windup roller 88. Thewindup roller 88 is driven by a suitable motor 90. The strips 94 areremoved before the laminate is fed to the duplex rewind system 62.

Those strips of laminate having a metal flap portion 96 along theirright edge pass to the lower windup rollers 68 and 70 and the strips oflaminate having a metal foil flap portion 96 along their left edge passto the upper rollers 64 and 66. In this manner, the strips of laminateremoved from the upper windup rollers 64 and the lower windup roller 70will be substantially the same.

It will be obvious that the laminate strip might be unbonded along bothedges and the paper layer perforated accordingly along both edges. Thepaper could then be torn off, and the metal flap on both sides of thestrip folded over the laminate strip. This would insure a metal to metalbond if the so-manufactured strip were then utilized to form a tubularcontainer. Such a strip has been described above with reference toFIGURE 5.

The present invention may be embodied in other specific forms withoutdeparting from the spirit or essential attributes thereof, and,accordingly, reference should be made to the appended claims, ratherthan to the foregoing specification as indicating the scope of theinvention.

What is claimed is:

1. Apparatus for manufacturing strips of laminated material having oneunlaminated edge from two sheets of material, which apparatus comprisesbonding means for bonding the two sheets together in a laminatestructure, said bonding means including means for preventing the bondingof sheets at spaced intervals across the Width of the sheets, andcutting means for cutting bonded sheets longitudinally within theunbonded intervals and between the bonded portions whereby laminatedstrips are manufactured having one unlaminated edge.

2. Apparatus for manufacturing strips of laminated material from twosheets of material comprising bonding means for bonding the two sheetstogether in a laminate structure, said bonding means including means forpreventing the bonding of sheets at spaced intervals across the width ofthe sheets, means for forming weakened tear lines in one of said sheetsto define said intervals and tearing means for tearing the unbondedintervals of said one sheet from said laminated structure wherebylaminated strips are manufactured having one edge formed by the other ofsaid two sheets.

-3. Apparatus for manufacturing a plurality of strips of laminatedmaterial having one unlaminated edge from two sheets of material ofequal width comprising bonding means, feeding means for feeding thesheets to said bonding means at the same speed, said bonding meansincluding spacing means for preventing the bonding of the sheets atspaced intervals across the width of the sheets where the intervals areas wide as two unlaminated edges of strips to be manufactured, andcutting means for cutting bonded sheets longitudinally at the center ofthe unbonded intervals and centrally of the bonded portions wherebylaminated strips are manufactured having one unlaminated edge.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 including rewind means for contra-rotativelyWinding up alternate strips of the bonded sheets across the Width of thebonded sheets.

5. The apparatus of claim 3 wherein the bonding means bonds edge andcentral portions of said sheets with the central portions bounded onboth sides by said unbonded intervals and being twice as wide as theedge portions, said edge portions being bounded only along one side byone of said unbonded intervals and terminating at the other side at theedge of the bonded sheet.

6. Apparatus for manufacturing a plurality of strips of laminatedmaterial from two sheets of material comprising bonding means, feedingmeans for feeding the sheets to said bonding means, said bonding meansincluding means for preventing the bonding of the sheets at spacedintervals across the width of the sheets, perforating means forperforating one of said sheets to define said intervals, cutting meansfor cutting bonded sheets longitudinally within the limits of theunbonded intervals and between the bonded portions and tearing means fortearing the unbonded intervals of said one sheet from said laminatedmaterial whereby laminated strips are manufactured having onelongitudinal edge formed by the other sheet.

7. The method of manufacturing strips of laminated material having oneunbonded edge comprising bonding the sheets together leaving the sheetsunbonded longitudinally through a portion of the width of the sheets andcutting the resulting bonded laminate structure longitudinally withinsaid unbonded portion and spaced from the bonded portion of the sheetswhereby a laminate strip is manufactured having an unbonded edge.

8. The method of manufacturing strips of laminated material having oneunbonded edge of preselected width comprising the steps of feeding twosheets of material to be bonded at the same speed, bonding the sheetstogether longitudinally leaving the sheets unbonded at spaced intervalstwice the selected width of the unbonded edge across the width of thesheets, cutting the so bonded sheets longitudinally at the center ofsaid unbonded in tervals and at the center of the bonded portions of thesheets whereby laminated strips are manufactured having an unbondededge.

9. The method of manufacture of claim 8 wherein the bonding of thesheets includes coating at least one of the sheets with an adhesivematerial and pressing the sheets together with the adhesive coatingtherebetween at the same speed as the material is being fed and whereinthe cutting is accomplished at the same speed as the feeding of thematerial.

10. The method of manufacture of claim 8 including the step ofcontra-rotatively winding up alternate strips of the bonded sheet aftercutting.

11. The method of manufacturing strips of laminated material having oneedge of preselected width of a single sheet comprising the steps ofperforating at least one sheet at predetermined spaced intervals twicethe width of said preselected width across the width of the sheet,bonding the sheets together longitudinally leaving the sheets unbondedat spaced intervals of a width defined by the perforations in said atleast one sheet, cutting the so bonded sheets longitudinally within saidunbonded intervals and between the bonded portions of the sheets, andtearing the perforated unbonded intervals of the one sheet from theresulting laminated material whereby laminated strips are manufacturedhaving one edge of a single sheet of material.

12. The method of manufacture of claim 11 wherein the step of tearingthe unbonded intervals of the one sheet occurs simultaneously with astep of contra-rotatably winding up alternate strips of the bondedsheets after cutting.

13. The method of manufacture of claim 12 wherein the tearing of thesheet is accomplished in a first plane, and the strips arecontra-rotatively wound up from a second plane substantiallyperpendicular to the first plane to aid the separation of the unbondedintervals of the one sheet from the bonded sheet.

14. The method of claim 7 wherein said one sheet is paper and said othersheet is metal foil.

15. The method of claim 7 wherein said one sheet is paper and said othersheet is plastic film.

16. The method of claim 7 wherein said one sheet is plastic film andsaid other sheet is metal foil.

17. The method of claim 7 wherein both said sheets are plastic film.

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EARL M. BERGERT, Primary Examiner.

W. E. HOAG, Assistant Examiner.

11. THE METHOD OF MANUFACTURING STRIPS OF LAMINATED MATERIAL HAVING ONE EDGE OF PRESELECTED WIDTH OF A SINGLE SHEET COMPRISING THE STEPS OF PERFORATING AT LEAST ONE SHEET AT PREDETERMINED SPACED INTERVALS TWICE THE WIDTH OF SAID PRESELECTED WIDTH ACROSS THE WIDTH OF THE SHEET, BONDING THE SHEETS TOGETHER LONGITUDINALLY LEAVING THE SHEETS UNBONDED AT SPACED INTERVALS OF A WIDTH DEFINED BY THE PERFORATIONS IN SAID AT LEAST ONE SHEET, CUTTING THE SO BONDED SHEETS LONGITUDINALLY WITHIN SAID UNBONDED INTERVALS AND BETWEEN THE BONDED PORTIONS OF THE SHEETS, AND TEARING THE PERFORATED UNBONDED INTERVALS OF THE ONE SHEET FROM THE RESULTING LAMINATED MATERIAL WHEREBY LAMINATED STRIPS ARE MANUFACTURED HAVING ONE EDGE OF A SINGLE SHEET OF MATERIAL.
 12. THE METHOD OF MANUFACTURE OF CLAIM 11 WHEREIN THE STEP OF TEARING THE UNBONDED INTERVALS OF THE ONE SHEET OCCURS SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH A STEP OF CONTRA-ROTATABLY WINDING UP ALTERNATE STRIPS OF THE BONDED SHEETSD AFTER CUTTING. 